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Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...





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Genetic predisposition may play a role in anxiety disorders

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Finnish scientists have identified genes that may predispose to anxiety disorders. Research conducted under the supervision of Academy Research Fellow Iiris Hovatta have focused on genes that influence human behaviour, and ...


You Don't Have to Struggle With Social Anxiety

You Don't Have to Struggle With Social Anxiety

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- To a certain extent, just about everyone has some sort of social anxiety -- from the reluctance to chat with an airplane seat mate to the nervousness that comes with public speaking.


A good night's sleep even more elusive for anxious children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Managing routine sleep problems in children can be a testing time for parents as well as being highly stressful for the child. Add a child with anxiety to the mix and a good night’s sleep for everyone can be elusive if not ...


Childhood anxiety disorders can and should be treated

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents should be recognized and treated to prevent educational underachievement and adult substance abuse, anxiety disorders and depression, says a nationally recognized child psychiatrist ...


Childhood mental health problems blight adult working life

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 03, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mental health problems in childhood blight adult working life, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. And problems in working life are associated with mid life depression and an ...


Depression and anxiety affect up to 15 percent of preschoolers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Almost 15 percent of preschoolers have atypically high levels of depression and anxiety, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The five-year investigation also found that c ...


Music reduces stress in heart disease patients

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Listening to music may benefit patients who suffer severe stress and anxiety associated with having and undergoing treatment for coronary heart disease. A Cochrane Systematic Review found that listening to music could decrease ...


Fear of crime or anxiety about a rapidly changing society?

Other Sciences / Other

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Do we really fear crime or are we just anxious about neighbourhood breakdown and the speed of change in society?


Anxiety, mood disorders put cancer patients at risk for PTSD

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer patients who have a prior history of mood and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder following their diagnosis, new research suggests.


Anxiety and depression lower quality of life in majority of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

92.8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) suffer anxiety and depression which significantly affects both their physical and emotional quality of life (QoL), according to the results of a new study. Logistic ...



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